I can only say that I have the utmost respect for Judge Sonia Sotomayor. She did as well as any of her predecessors during the hearings. I think her qualifications speak for themselves.

I would like to be one of the first to congratulate her on the foregone conclusion of her sitting in session with SCOTUS this fall.

She owes nothing to her critics (including those on these postings) whose credentials pale in comparison to her own. She only owes us diligence in interpreting the law, and I think her record speaks to that.

Is he really comparing Palin and Sotomayor? One is a boastful ignoramus who graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in communications and the other graduated summa cume laude from Princeton. I would have picked a more deserving conservative woman for comparison. They are out there.

And to those who say "What if a white man had made those comments"? Umm...they have. Read your history books. Did Strom Thurmond of South Carolina suffer any repercussions for his history of overt support for racism ("Segregation Forever!)? He went on to be elected several times.

Has any white male on this string worked side by side with Judge Sotomayor? Why haven't any of her white male colleagues on the Court of Appeals...

It is now generally accepted that Thomas Jefferson was a deist. This means that while he accepted that the Earth had an original cause which he called a "Creator", he did not believe that this Creator intervened in worldly affairs (e.g. answer prayers, cause miracles, etc.) He never took the arrogant position (as many who have posted on this thread do) that he knew the mind of God or what God wants since there is no way to know that.
As to Jefferson's belief in Jesus, he believed that Jesus was a great moral philosopher but that's all. He specifically did not believe in the divinity of Jesus or his miracles, for a belief in that would contradict him being a deist. To prove this point, I...

that people think they can get away with making wicked statements because they think they have God on their side. In his response to Aniko he says:

"Since you are guilty of destroying your babies, there can never be a shred of credibility to your words. You were a killer by definition."

By what right, sir, do you judge a woman's actions under circumstances that you cannot possibly begin to comprehend? Did she not say that her decision was made so that others may live? How dare you call her a "killer"? If you had any sense of dignity at all, you would apologize for your comment.

As you will not subscribe to reason outside of your Bible, I suggest you purchase the Jefferson version of the Bible. Thomas Jefferson actually went through the Bible and parsed it to get rid of all nonsense and superstition (e.g. miracles, Jesus' divinity, etc) what was left was a much thinner book titled "The Life and the Morals of Jesus of Nazareth". You should start there and then graduate to other books of higher learning.

Don't even know where to begin with someone like you, but I now see just how deep the habits of totalitarian thought can run in a person. You are a slave of Jesus, and proud of your chains apparently.

Numbers apparently mean a lot to you too. That there are supposedly 2 billion believers in the world doesn't make any difference on whether or not the myth is true. Many of our fellow human beings have no choice but to believe or face death and that's a sad reality.

The nonbeliever has to prove that your god is Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipetent? I believe that the burden rests on you for that one, don't you? In my opinion, you (the believer) need to prove two things: the composition of your god (How he came into...

Whether or not a state accepts Christianity as a "guiding precept" is irrelevant since the nation itself is specifically not founded on the Christian religion. I will refer you to Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli unanimously approved by the Senate.

I'm glad there's not a shred of evidence to the story.

"...there is still the hope of Grace for all who would yield."--Thank you for not being smug.

Let me make this clear: I do not wish to live under a dictatorship here on earth or in heaven. The thought of singing someone's or something's praises for all eternity sounds very much like hell to me. I'm glad there's not a shred of evidence to the story.

of Jesus Christ: except me as your savior or burn in hell!

A positively nauseating and immoral doctrine!